Let’s consolidate potential Autonomi competitors into a single topic.
The goal is to know the decentralized network landscape and identify how advantages of competing projects could be added to Autonomi.
Also note the topic on how Autonomi differs from other technology which discusses some of these.
Siacoin, Filecoin, and StorJ are a few others
Isn’t Filecoin just the token for IPFS? Are Siacoin and Storj decentralized networks, and not just tokens?
IPFS & Filecoin
IPFS: A protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. It doesn’t have a native incentive layer — nodes share files voluntarily.
Filecoin: A separate project by Protocol Labs, designed to incentivize storage on IPFS-like infrastructure using a blockchain and FIL token. Filecoin provides verifiable, paid storage with decentralized contracts and proofs.
So Filecoin is not “just” the token — it’s a decentralized storage network that builds on IPFS tech but adds:
Storage and retrieval markets
Cryptographic proofs (Proof-of-Replication, Proof-of-Spacetime)
Smart contracts for data storage
Siacoin (Sia)
Sia is a fully decentralized cloud storage platform.
It uses smart contracts and Siacoin (SC) as the native currency to pay hosts for storage.
The network is permissionless — anyone can become a host or renter.
It’s a working decentralized network, not just a token. The token is part of how it operates.
Storj
Storj is also a decentralized storage network, where users rent out unused disk space.
It uses encryption, erasure coding, and distribution to split and store data across many nodes.
Storj pays hosts in the STORJ token, but the underlying system is a real decentralized P2P network.
It’s centralized in governance to a degree (run by Storj Labs), but decentralized in storage.
Check out the Dev Forum
Veilid got mentioned the other day by @Herodotos I think ??
Here’s their launch slides.
Many common goals…
Their Discord is at Veilid Community
Looks very interesting… maybe Autonomi could fit into their offering as ‘blockstore’ their terminology?
Their ‘blockstore’ says coming soon, but it’ll be bittorrent like apparently, so Autonomi could add value there with its permanence.
They mention needing a token to use a service disparagingly though, so they may not be open to utilising something like Autonomi, and will never compete with Autonomi’s core offering if a market for resources is something they’d avoid.
Would be interested to hear what some developers think of their offering. Maybe opportunity for collaboration?